Jake Brown's 40 foot ball in X Games 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mD0VMubReo

You've no doubt seen it already. But I just want to hear your opinions. Personally I am just shocked and speechless. And he managed to walk away eventually, which is even more crazy.

with only a bruised lung and a concussion!

it was crazy i saw it Live and had to rewind with my DVR to watch it again...

Wow, I'm shocked his legs didn't snap. I guess he really did the best thing he could do, which was to go limp and have his entire body absorb the impact.

I forgot the rules of that competition (Big Air) - do the judges take into account only the first jump or what you do on the half-pipe (where Jake fell)as well?

holy shit!!
only a bruised lung and concussion are u serious!!

I was shocked when I saw this. He was very lucky to come away virtually unscathed. Check out his shoes!

I laughed my head off, is that bad?

He had a walking stick with him, it was quite a fall he took, saw it on SC a few days ago. He's lucky to be alive right now.

I laughed my head off, is that bad?

Seriously? What an asshole.

I laughed my head off, is that bad?

Seriously? What an asshole.

Well, I do admit, a laugh or something came out when he hit the floor and his shoes went flying... afterwards I was like oh shit he might really be hurt. But the shoe flying thing was a first and I wasn't expecting it.

Hey, I read that he walked off before I viewed the video. So I assumed he was OK. And come on, it was hilarious. The shoes flying, someone saying "Hardest hit I've seen...oh, a 720, nice!", it wasn't my fault.

Laughs aside, he certainly should have won. None of the other competitors could do that.

Laughs aside, he certainly should have won. None of the other competitors could do that.

Yeah, the commentators should've been like: "Oh he pulls out the 40 ft fall without a skateboard, magnificent, this is the first time I've seen anyone do this trick before, he definitely deserves gold!"

Exactly... It was genius

"Wow, I can't believe he made that 720" sais Tony Hawk while the guy is possibly dead on the ground.

The thing I find funny is how he tries to swim or run in mid air. I'm pretty sure we would all do that in the situation, it just reminded me of a cartoon.

Jing, Youtube took your link off becuase of an ESPN copyright.
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Crowd angles -
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